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Chief Information Officer (CIO) jobs: 84 open roles, pay, industries and skills

84 open Chief Information Officer jobs (CIO), taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Also listed as Head of IT, Head of Information Technology. Listings that state pay show a median of $272,000 a year.

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The market for Chief Information Officer work

Every figure is counted from verified open listings. Pay is what the employer advertises for the job.

Verified open Chief Information Officer jobs
84

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$272,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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State with the most openings
New York (11)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Industry hiring the most
Technology & Software (37%)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
34%

Source: NextChapter verified openings, read in full.

What a CIO does

C-suite role in Operations.

Internal technology: systems, infrastructure, vendors, data platforms and the IT budget that keeps the business running.

Usually reports to the CEO or CFO.

Other ways this role is written

  • CIO
  • Chief Information Officer
  • Head of IT
  • Head of Information Technology

Listings under any of these titles are counted on this page. Assistant, associate, manager and staff titles are not.

Open Chief Information Officer jobs

Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.

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CIO salary

From 11 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars, base pay only.

Lower quarter
$208,500
Median
$272,000
Upper quarter
$284,000

Leadership pay often includes bonus and equity that a listing does not state. Treat these figures as the floor of the conversation, not the whole package.

Best industries for CIO jobs

Employers hiring the most, as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry. Median pay shown where at least 8 listings state it.

Where CIO jobs are

States with the most open listings; median pay where at least 8 listings state it.

Skills CIO jobs ask for

Named in the listings themselves, as a share of 41 Chief Information Officer listings that name skills. Leadership listings name fewer skills than individual-contributor ones, so this is a signal, not a checklist.

Most named in CIO listings

  1. 1. erp32%
  2. 2. audit29%
  3. 3. project management24%
  4. 4. budgeting22%
  5. 5. onboarding20%
  6. 6. procurement17%
  7. 7. aws15%
  8. 8. agile15%
  9. 9. change management15%
  10. 10. sox12%

Across all Operations openings

  1. 1. supply chain14%
  2. 2. procurement14%
  3. 3. logistics12%
  4. 4. project management7%
  5. 5. excel6%
  6. 6. erp2%
  7. 7. audit2%
  8. 8. forecasting2%
  9. 9. onboarding2%
  10. 10. risk management2%

AI skills for CIO jobs

Specific AI skills named in the full posting text, such as prompt engineering, AI governance or an AI tool. A general mention of AI does not count.

34% of 41 open Chief Information Officer listings ask for a specific AI skill, against 2% of all Operations openings.

AI skills named most often

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work27%
  2. 2. AI adoption and change management15%
  3. 3. AI governance and risk7%
  4. 4. AI in business apps (Agentforce, Now Assist)5%
  5. 5. LLM application engineering5%
  6. 6. Gen-AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude)5%

Do AI skills change chief information officer pay?

For Operations roles in general, as of November 9, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for chief information officer alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Operations listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +21.5% (about $28.5k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$160,000
median, from 517 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$114,000
median, from 2,429 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

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The Operations ladder

The same function at other levels: where this role comes from and where it leads.

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Job titles under CIO

The exact titles employers use, with their own job and salary pages.

Employers hiring for CIO roles

  • Ellucian 4
  • Kirby Partners 2
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine - ABEM 2
  • Signify Technology 2
  • Asana 2
  • Formlabs 2
  • City of Aspen 2
  • JRG Partners 2
  • Arsenault 2
  • City of New York 2
  • Unitedhealth Group 1
  • Amplify Management 1

Recruiters who place CIO roles

Search firms with live public searches in Operations, counted from their own job postings, not self-described. Each has at least two at this level.

All Operations search firms

CIO turnover

Departures and appointments reported in SEC filings and news in the last 120 days. Each links to its source.

  • AMERICAN COASTAL INSURANCE

    American Coastal Insurance's Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Officer Christopher Griffith has resigned to pursue another opportunity. A search for a replacement usually follows.

    Oct 2, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

  • Two Harbors Investment

    Two Harbors Investment's Chief Financial Officer and four other senior executives terminated employment on September 4, 2026, with the CEO expected to depart on October 2, 2026, and Madhur Agarwal appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer effective immediately. A search for a replacement usually follows.

    Sep 10, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

  • Wheels Up Experience

    Wheels Up Experience's Chief Revenue Officer is departing, and the Chief Digital Officer is assuming interim leadership of global sales while remaining in his current role.

    Aug 14, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

  • Carriage Services

    Carriage Services's Chief Information Officer resigned effective immediately, and the company is searching for a successor.

    Aug 14, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

Conferences for CIO leaders

Events tagged for Operations, with dates, cost and how to speak.

  • NAW Executive Summit

    Jan 19 to Jan 21, 2027 · Washington, DC

    Paid ticket. Prices not captured.

  • CERAWeek

    Mar 8 to Mar 12, 2027 · Houston, TX

    Ticket $2,250 to $11,000. Executive Conference pass (includes Innovation Agora): $8,500 through Nov 20, 2026; $10,000 Nov 21 to…

  • SIA Executive Forum North America

    Mar 8 to Mar 11, 2027 · Miami Beach, FL

    Paid ticket. Fee schedule is on SIA's event page; amount not read.

    Open call for speakers

  • IATA World Cargo Symposium

    Mar 9 to Mar 11, 2027 · Calgary, CA

    Paid ticket. Fee not shown in the listing found.

  • NLC City Summit

    Nov 19 to Nov 21, 2026 · Nashville, TN

    Ticket $775 to $1,610. 2026 rates for Nashville, Nov 19-21: NLC member $775-$1,255, non-member $990-$1,610 depending on date…

  • RIMS ERM Conference

    Nov 19 to Nov 20, 2026 · Columbus, OH

    Ticket $550 to $1,450. Member $910-$1,150, non-member $1,210-$1,450 (advance/regular/on-site); educational member $550-$650.

Showing 6 of 47 conferences, 47 with dates announced.

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Training for CIO leaders

AI and Operations courses from named providers, with cost shown.

All 6 Operations courses

Podcasts and media CIO leaders follow

Hand-picked, each checked to be live. Links go to the publisher.

  • Supply Chain Now

    Podcast · Scott W. Luton and Karin Bursa

    Episodes on supply chain, logistics and freight with industry guests.

  • Lean Blog Interviews

    Podcast · Mark Graban

    Interviews on lean management, continuous improvement and operations leadership.

  • Supply Chain Dive

    Publication · Informa TechTarget

    News on supply chain, trade policy and logistics.

  • Lean Enterprise Institute

    Publication · Lean Enterprise Institute

    Articles in The Lean Post, books and events on lean thinking in operations.

  • MIT Sloan Management Review

    Publication · MIT Sloan Management Review

    Research-based articles on management, strategy, technology and organizations.

CIO questions

What does a CIO do?
Internal technology: systems, infrastructure, vendors, data platforms and the IT budget that keeps the business running. Usually reports to the CEO or CFO.
What does CIO stand for?
CIO stands for Chief Information Officer. The same job is also written Head of IT, Head of Information Technology.
How many CIO jobs are open?
84 verified open Chief Information Officer jobs, each checked against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
How much does a CIO make?
Among 11 open Chief Information Officer listings that state pay, the median is $272,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $208,500 and $284,000. This is pay the employer advertises for the job, not total compensation such as bonus or equity.
Where are CIO jobs?
New York (11), California (9), Massachusetts (6), Colorado (6) have the most open Chief Information Officer listings.
Which industries hire for CIO roles?
Technology & Software (37%), Government & Public Sector (19%), Financial Services & Banking (14%), Healthcare & Hospital Systems (7%), as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry.
What skills do CIO jobs ask for?
The skills named most often in open Chief Information Officer listings are erp, audit, project management, budgeting, onboarding.
Do CIO jobs ask for AI skills?
34% of 41 open Chief Information Officer listings read in full name a specific AI skill. The most common is AI tools in daily work.

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